Illegal cheating providers are targeting students directly on their university issued email addresses, as experts warn courses are being infiltrated by people who are accessing pupils’ data and helping peddle essay mill services.
The emails claimed the service had been provided to more than 10,000 international students, and they could take online orders at any time. It gave students a username to contact the service on Chinese social media app WeChat.contacted the sender of the email through the app, asking if they could write student essays, a woman promptly replied that they could. She said the price would depend on the specific service required.
“It doesn’t matter how many multifactor protector systems the university puts in – they only work for people who want to protect their identity.” “They might not realise that it’s illegal in Australia. These companies are very good at covering themselves with a sheen of legitimacy.” “Contract cheating undermines academic integrity and remains a significant issue for all education and training institutions, in Australia and abroad. UNSW is at the forefront of detecting the use of contract cheating providers. ”